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Twycross Zoological Park Burton Road Norton Juxta Twycross Atherstone Leicestershire CV9 3PX

25/01044/CONDITApproved

Approved on 26 June 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission22 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application to vary conditions: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 21 and 22 of 24/00838/CONDIT for the development of new animal enclosures and associated infrastructure, new lecture theatre, education block, education facilities, substations and associated residential accomodation, new access from Orton Hill, new car park, landscaping and other associated works (following the demolition of some existing buildings) to amend the wording of the conditions and allow minor amendments to the approved scheme including drainage strategy and subsequent layout changes

Received
28 October 2025
Ward
Twycross Sheepy & Witherley
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 241 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Twycross Zoological Park Burton Road Norton Juxta Twycross Atherstone Leicestershire CV9 3PX. Hinckley and Bosworth has handled 1,984 applications of this type. This one was decided in 241 days, 25 weeks longer than Hinckley and Bosworth's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Twycross Sheepy & Witherley. We hold 435 applications in total for the CV9 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CV9 3PX
Parish
Twycross Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Sullevan Archer

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    21 Sep

    Application to discharge condition 22 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) of planning permission 25/01044/CONDIT

    Partial Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditions26/00832/DISCON
  2. 2025
    28 Oct

    Application to vary conditions: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 21 and 22 of 24/00838/CONDIT

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/01044/CONDIT

Source: Hinckley and Bosworth

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